The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-04-21

J.. Poetoffices esta bl;shed: Dakota: Frank
hn' Lake county. Iowa: Slater. Story
county. Postmasters commissioned-Da
kota: Fargo, W.. G. Judd. lowe; Mao,io
! keta, W. c. Swigart: Monticello, t.; +: Al
cxander Spencer, c. p; Buckley; batavia
H. L: Ogden; Mineral Ridge, n. Peterson
Minnesota: Tower, n. j. Benson. Dako
ia: Canova, H. Snyder; Hurley, NJ. C. Rob
inson; Stephen, r. Pochm; Willinmsport
IL. ID. Connor. Wisconsin: Cortland, L. J;
Bosse; Franklin, j. Ziesel; Victory Mr..
Billiard.
The commissioner OF the general land Of
Nee has Cancelled 2S rre.e,nption ent ries, end
held for cancellation 90 Others in tile Ober
! lin (kan.) land district, It is charged that
the entries were made bya prominent attor.
ney for the benefit OF prominent cattlemen
"nen the lands we're transferred through
fictitious intermediate assignee About
40 other caser OF like character and against
the same parties aFe awaiting action.
The New York Eastern Methodist con.
Ference discussed and defeated a resolu.
ton endorsing the Prohibition party.
Three Of thu bodies OF victims Of the late
Pike and Hannah-and shipped to Spokane
the body Of Hannah was 80 disfigurcd an
to be hardly recognizable.
The WacoIta kennels Of St. Paul have
scored first in the mastiff class with their
magnificent dog Wacouta Nap, at the dog
show in progress at Pittsburg, Pa. A great
deal OF curiosity has been excited to see
this mastiff, as he is the brother of the
famous English prize winner, Albert Victor,
the largest dog OF any breed ever known.
Wacoutn Nap is now in fine condition, and
shows to better advantage than he did at
Newark and providence, where he was
awarded second. AS he had only been a
few days i'll this country before he was
shown. it was severe test to put any dog
to. With all this, however he was award:
I'd first at Buffalo.
The Brotherhood OF Brakemen on the
Panhandle road say they will defend the
prisoners, but help convict them should
proof OF guilt be produced They intend
to proceed against the company Tor dam
ages II the charges against any of the mon
under arrest are not sustained.
1t is reported from Milwaukee that a
milwaukee, syndicate has purchased 400
acres OF land at Grand Marais, where they
will lay out town, and that the contract
was let in st. Paul recently for the build.
ing OF ~ railroad from Grand Marais to
connect with the CANADIAN Pacific and
with the iron field, work to begin by July
l next and be completed by July l, 1883.
The executive board of Chicago Turner's
have been deposed for display ing sympathy
Tor tile condemned anarchists.
Gov. Ross OF Texas has vetoed the bill
which postponed for one year the collec-
ton of taxes in the drOuth district, EN-.
brac'ng seventy counties. The governor
declares that the bill violates the federal
constitution, as it applies only to resident
cltizens IN Texas. The property OF non
residents and Foreigners was not exempted
A vigilance committee from Brown
county. Nebraska, overlook two young
horse o., thieves near Sargent and shot and
Killed one oi thcm-Joseph Arnold-and
captured the other, james Bohan. One OF
the vIgiIantes was dangerously shot.
j. R. Dunlap, who was captured at Den.
nlson, Ohio, in connection with the rob.
berries on the Panhandle railroad said: He
conId give the names OF all the men impli.
Gated on the Pittsburg division. but was
afraid to do SO rs they would kill him.
ihere was no organizat ton among the rob-
bers, and no regular place of work Each
crew worked by itself. The fences were 10.
Gated i'll New Philadelphia, Dennison, Steu.
benvillc, Cincinnati and PittsburR and also
in Columbus.
President Cleveland has definitely &C.
eepted an invitation to attend the Pied.
mont fair.
In the mail received ut the navy depart.
ment from the Asiatic station was an cx.
tract from Nagasaki journal containing
a detailed account Of the catastrophe on
INC Island OF lkcshima ON March 4, through
the bur sting OF a shell fired from the United
states steamship Omaha resulting in the
death OF four Japanese and the woundine
OF seven Others. Capt. Selfridge of the
Omaha, was suspended and ordered home
and is now at San Francisco.
w. +. Curtis, the well-known Washing
ton correspondent, writing to the Chicago
News. explains how many bits of sensa-
tional and often scandalous gossip are bas.